im glad i stopped here first.

My thoughts are thusly:
The more you talk, the more I believe you less.
I don't believe for one second the driver rolled back 8 to 10 feet.
Now you're exaggerating to keep the thread going....you don't have to do that; people will comment forever on this subject.

 

We are suppose to keep it in gear when stopped, so usually one foot on the clutch and one on the brake. It takes a bit of pressure on the brake to hold a loaded truck on an incline, not a whole lot, but its easter to hold in the clutch. After a while your leg will get tired and you can't feel how much pressure you have on the brake and the tuck can start to roll back.

Anyone that is paying attention will catch it after only a few inches of rolling back. Maybe a foot or two for people that are especially slow, any more than that is unexcusable, IMO.

I think we all would like that driver to find another job.

 

non trucker...I will add this. Unless I know another driver or see the great work/driving he or she is doing...I am very bias against most truck drivers. Having driven now 13 years since coming home from the war... I have seen the dumbest people on the planet that somehow obtained a thing called a commercial license and drive heavy loads on our highways and streets that I would not not otherwise trust with a tricycle. The industry needs a rework from the ground up...deregulate in some areas and regulate in others but not like it is currently... and a huge help would be a simple IQ/Common sense test.

 

Most of the time truck mashes car. And you. You do NOT want to be around trucks. Heck, I don't get near trucks much myself anymore on the freeway. Most I will do is pass those governed at 66 or slower because in our state we have 70 flat for everyone.

I think you did correct taking down the information and having Swift see what they can do for you.

Im not going to pick on swift despite my own hard earned run ins with them primarly east of rockies, western swift were more better in the mountains. But I will say that any idiot driver will not be long in the industry once he or she is identified as a costly accident generator.

You can do one thing that helps yourself in the future. Avoid being close to trucks. I do.

Good luck.

 

LOL! Apparently, I got under your skin with my comment. You don't have to explain yourself to me, but thank you.
My comment was fueled by utter disbelief that anyone (experienced or rookie) could allow there truck to roll that distance without noticing it. Like skellr said...it's usually noticed within a few inches, or a foot at the VERY most.
This driver definitely has something wrong with his/her depth perception and/or peripheral vision---or just a real 'space case' (all of which are SUPPOSED to be tested during a DOT physical and DMV eye exam).

Heck, I have freaked out before when a lane on either side of me has moved, and it felt like I was the one moving...I'd mash down even harder on my break, only to find out I was not the one moving. A little embarrassing in my own head. Can't fathom 8 to 10 feet. If I did 8 to 10 feet without noticing, I would voluntarily turn in the keys, and go find a different profession.

 

@White Dog, roll backs that far do happen, i watched a guy in my orientation class with tmc roll back at a stop sign while doing their initial road test and rolled back into another tmc truck. They let the guy go 2 hours later. They do happen. The swift driver in question was probably on his phone not paying attention.

 

I believe in karma. The universe owes you 1 at some point now.